Another need a new tv thread

[temery]

My tv pretty much died this morning. It's turned into a tv/strobe light.

I need to order a new one by tomorrow.

My needs have changed a bit - my eyesight has gotten worse, so bigger and better resolution is needed.

Im toying with the idea of a projector. I'm told they've gotten much better. Not entirely sold on the idea though.

Suggestions?

 

[temery]

lol a 97" TV is so gratuitous

Classic tv envy.

 

[Dove]

Montgomery Ward floor model, my fam's go-to tv.

 

[uconnfan68]

Some pertinent information. QLED has absolutely nothing to do with OLED other than to confuse consumers into thinking they are the same or similar, THEY ARE NOT. Just Samsung being deliberately misleading. Stay away from LG depending on how old you are, they like to say that LG stands for “Life is good “. L stands for Lucky the biggest wherehouse distributors in Asia company who partnered with ready, almost the G stands for Goldstar the shittiest electronics company who started off making god awful microwave ovens that rarely ever worked and were more likely to catch fire and had no parts of service centers in the USA so they pulled the name off of the market and reinvented themselves as LG. ( who have gotten better but are lower quality). Pretty much everything else out there is generic products and somebody slaps a name on it. Like Pioneer, RCA, Onn and whatever names BEST BUY ( Hisense ? ), is selling these days. Sharp , Toshiba still make most of their own products as far as I know. Good luck.

LG was supplying Sony with OLED screens, but Sony’s processor is the difference.

 

[AidanFan20]

This reminds me of a couple years ago when my brother splurged on a 75" LG. I would joke, "Hey, the neighbor across the street just texted me that they're tired of watching football and asked me to relay a channel-change request!"

He has had LG's for a long time; the 55" LG he moved to his bedroom when he got the 75" died just recently, and he'd had it for 15 years. So there's that.

 

[DRBackup]

That's funny. My $350 TCL has performed like a champ for years, I like the built in Roku. I had a Samsung that cost triple and crapped out in 2 years.

Mostly the same, here. I have a 55" connected to my desktop that is crazy good quality and super high refresh rate. Love it. Bought the same model for the living room and love it there, too, though I had to replace the power supply board after only 18 months.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I didn't say I returned it. I bought a $1k TCL that died within the month. They replaced it with a new one. That one died 6 months later, out of warranty.

That is crappy luck. I was simply saying that the Best Buy return rate being high is probably not because they break, but because people bought the cheapest TV and it didn't meet expectations. Best Buy has everything on max brightness and saturation because of the lights in the store. Can't trust what you see there.

 

[HuskyHawk]

LG was supplying Sony with OLED screens, but Sony’s processor is the difference.

It's weird. It was Lucky Goldstar and it was crap. You know what else was crap? Samsung, Hyundai, certainly Kia. But the Koreans figured things out. I trust LG more than Samsung at this point, especially for appliances. Samsung and LG make many of the panels for all the brands. For Monitors too.

Agree with you on the Sony processor. They're the best at that among the main consumer brands. Samsung doesn't support Dolby Vision.

 

[Revrat]

The room is in a new (2019) addition. Only this room is "flickering." And the juice to the house was put underground from the pole to the house when the addition was built.

I'm not sure if such a problem can be at the circuit level.

Had this happen with a dimmer switch that was going bad.

 

[gtcam]

it's just this room. I'm about to run a cord to the other side of the house just to get the tv working right.

I was going to suggest running an extension cord to another room to see if the problem continues - if not, it's not the set.

 

[maxw]

My tv pretty much died this morning. It's turned into a tv/strobe light.

I need to order a new one by tomorrow.

My needs have changed a bit - my eyesight has gotten worse, so bigger and better resolution is needed.

Im toying with the idea of a projector. I'm told they've gotten much better. Not entirely sold on the idea though.

Suggestions?

I installed a projector in our basement about 10 years ago. I bought an inexpensive projector cloth from Amazon at the same time and have a 110 inch screen. I had to replace the original Epson projector once, about 3 years ago with a similar one.

We also have a 65 inch OLED TV in our living room. When it comes to watching sports, there is no comparison - once you're used to watching sports on a big screen, it's hard to go back to a smaller TV.

If you can afford it, get a good 4K projector. What I found is that my 1080p is adequate, there are almost no sports events that are broadcast in 4K.

I'm not a big fan of CGI or super-hero movies, for movies and shows with real people talking (and fighting sometimes), a 1080p projector is more than enough. You can spend the saved money on a nice surround system.

Do let us know what you ended up doing (sorry if you've already posted that, haven't read thru all posts).

 

[HooperScooper]

If you can afford it, get a good 4K projector. What I found is that my 1080p is adequate, there are almost no sports events that are broadcast in 4K.

But won't there be a lot more in the not too distant future? I have a 77" Sony Bravia 4K and the only sports on 4K right now are the Red Sox and Bruins, but both only when they are at home, and some Fox sports (including some UConn games and NFL and college football). CBS, ESPN, and ABC haven't had 4K broadcasts yet as far as I know (I could be wrong here but can't remember any).

When I flip between the 4K broadcast and the regular HD there is a difference. The 4K is much crisper and detailed. Is it enough to get a 4K TV? I'd probably say no. But my wife spent a ridiculous amount of money renovating our family room and the only thing I cared about was the TV. So I said, to heck with it, I am spending a lot of money on the 1 thing I will care about in that room.

 

[HuskyHawk]

But won't there be a lot more in the not too distant future? I have a 77" Sony Bravia 4K and the only sports on 4K right now are the Red Sox and Bruins, but both only when they are at home, and some Fox sports (including some UConn games and NFL and college football). CBS, ESPN, and ABC haven't had 4K broadcasts yet as far as I know (I could be wrong here but can't remember any).

When I flip between the 4K broadcast and the regular HD there is a difference. The 4K is much crisper and detailed. Is it enough to get a 4K TV? I'd probably say no. But my wife spent a ridiculous amount of money renovating our family room and the only thing I cared about was the TV. So I said, to heck with it, I am spending a lot of money on the 1 thing I will care about in that room.

You probably can't even find anything but the cheapest TV that isn't 4K now. The 8K TVs are coming out. Projectors are behind panels, so a 4K projector like they suggested is still expensive.

I think Amazon football broadcasts are 4K, not sure.

 

[HooperScooper]

You probably can't even find anything but the cheapest TV that isn't 4K now. The 8K TVs are coming out. Projectors are behind panels, so a 4K projector like they suggested is still expensive.

I think Amazon football broadcasts are 4K, not sure.

I got mine a year ago and 4K TVs were definitely a lot more expensive. Have things moved that quickly? I figured they wouldn't until there was more programming in 4K and since a year ago there hasn't been more sports in 4K. Not sure about other programming.

Not sure about Amazon Prime football in 4K. It does look good but I don't get a notification that the game is in 4K like I do with the other channels (the box that comes up to change to the 4K station or dismiss the message and stay in regular HD). Looked it up and here's what it says:

No, Amazon Prime Video does not stream NFL games in 4K. Instead, Amazon Prime Video streams NFL games in 1080p Full HD with HDR (High Dynamic Range) and 60 frames per second (fps).

 

[UConniki]

That is crappy luck. I was simply saying that the Best Buy return rate being high is probably not because they break, but because people bought the cheapest TV and it didn't meet expectations. Best Buy has everything on max brightness and saturation because of the lights in the store. Can't trust what you see there.

The setting is called “ retail” and they all do it if the video department manager is on top of his game which most are because the sets sell themselves which is why you don’t ever buy a floor model because they’re on 90 hours a week with everything at max including brightness which is boosted to a higher level that isn’t available going through the normal picture settings.

 

[uconnfan68]

But won't there be a lot more in the not too distant future? I have a 77" Sony Bravia 4K and the only sports on 4K right now are the Red Sox and Bruins, but both only when they are at home, and some Fox sports (including some UConn games and NFL and college football). CBS, ESPN, and ABC haven't had 4K broadcasts yet as far as I know (I could be wrong here but can't remember any).

When I flip between the 4K broadcast and the regular HD there is a difference. The 4K is much crisper and detailed. Is it enough to get a 4K TV? I'd probably say no. But my wife spent a ridiculous amount of money renovating our family room and the only thing I cared about was the TV. So I said, to heck with it, I am spending a lot of money on the 1 thing I will care about in that room.

It takes a while to get up to speed with 4k. Cameras alone are in the $40k range (last I knew). And if you think buffering is an issue now...

 

[B1GEast]

Samsung upstairs Vizeo downstairs, love em both

Get as big as you can afford, but there's that old adage about your TV being bigger than your bookshelf.

 

[Scrutineer]

I didn't read all the posts so if this is a repeat please ignore it.

This past Spring I bought a 77 inch LG, model G3, which is their flagship model. It is outstanding as you should expect since they developed the OLED technology and license it to all the others or, as someone told me, they may even make all the screens and sell them to the others. This year's model is the G4.

They have smaller and larger versions too, so it's up to you to choose how big you want to go. We have it on a wall above a fireplace and that wall is 72 inches wide so the 77 inch (diagonal) fits with a couple inches on each side. My wife wanted to go with the 65 inch (or whatever it was) but agreed with the 77 and now really agrees with it after enjoying it these last 7 months.

The clincher for me was the sales guy said we've had people come back and lament not going to the larger size but NO ONE has ever come back and complained they wish they had bought the smaller one.

 

[M.S.G.]

7 TCLs in the house for at least the past 5 years, great product and price.

Only one had the picture crap out, so rare in my opinion at least.

 

[JMick]

I didn't read all the posts so if this is a repeat please ignore it.

This past Spring I bought a 77 inch LG, model G3, which is their flagship model. It is outstanding as you should expect since they developed the OLED technology and license it to all the others or, as someone told me, they may even make all the screens and sell them to the others. This year's model is the G4.

They have smaller and larger versions too, so it's up to you to choose how big you want to go. We have it on a wall above a fireplace and that wall is 72 inches wide so the 77 inch (diagonal) fits with a couple inches on each side. My wife wanted to go with the 65 inch (or whatever it was) but agreed with the 77 and now really agrees with it after enjoying it these last 7 months.

The clincher for me was the sales guy said we've had people come back and lament not going to the larger size but NO ONE has ever come back and complained they wish they had bought the smaller one.

It all depends on your viewing distance. Pixel density is a thing. It's not as big of a deal at 4k as it is 1080 since there are so many more pixels but when you start to get bigger screens and your viewing distance doesn't increase, the screen will not look as sharp. I got a 55" when I could have gotten a 65" for not much more money because of the pixel density.

 

[Scrutineer]

It all depends on your viewing distance. Pixel density is a thing. It's not as big of a deal at 4k as it is 1080 since there are so many more pixels but when you start to get bigger screens and your viewing distance doesn't increase, the screen will not look as sharp. I got a 55" when I could have gotten a 65" for not much more money because of the pixel density.

Ours is 4K and the picture is so dense with pixels some scenes look like 3D.
I spent a lot of time at Best Buy and Costco and there were so many great choices but the LG "G" series seemed the best and so far we've been really happy with the choice.

 

[3rdbass]

My tv pretty much died this morning. It's turned into a tv/strobe light.

I need to order a new one by tomorrow.

My needs have changed a bit - my eyesight has gotten worse, so bigger and better resolution is needed.

Im toying with the idea of a projector. I'm told they've gotten much better. Not entirely sold on the idea though.

Suggestions?

Get an LG OLED. They are best you can get.

 

[3rdbass]

LG C4 is on sale, I'll admit I wasn't as blown away by the C3 I bought last year as I was hoping coming from an older LED TV though.

Really? I love my LG C1 77 inch. You can't beat an LG for OLED. I do game on it some so that is where it really shines. It is great for watching sports too.

 

[GlastonTim]

I don’t like that I can see reflection of lamps and windows on lg screens. They need anti glare screens.

 

[sledog]

TCL is a mainland chinese company. Having some knowedge of the industry, I wouldn't buy one.

 

[NJHusky]

TCL is a mainland chinese company. Having some knowedge of the industry, I wouldn't buy one.

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